I/O (album)

I/O
A picture of Gabriel with a pair of translucent hands on his head.
Studio album by
Peter Gabriel
Released1 December 2023
RecordedApril 1995 – December 2022
Studio
Genre
Length68:09 (bright-side mix)
68:34 (dark-side mix)
68:34 (in-side mix)
205:17 (total)
Label
Producer
Peter Gabriel chronology
Flotsam and Jetsam
(2019) 		I/O
(2023)
Singles from I/O
  1. "Panopticom"
    Released: 6 January 2023
  2. "The Court"
    Released: 5 February 2023
  3. "Playing for Time"
    Released: 7 March 2023
  4. "I/O"
    Released: 6 April 2023
  5. "Four Kinds of Horses"
    Released: 5 May 2023
  6. "Road to Joy"
    Released: 4 June 2023
  7. "So Much"
    Released: 3 July 2023
  8. "Olive Tree"
    Released: 1 August 2023
  9. "Love Can Heal"
    Released: 31 August 2023
  10. "This Is Home"
    Released: 29 September 2023
  11. "And Still"
    Released: 28 October 2023
  12. "Live and Let Live"
    Released: 27 November 2023

I/O (stylised as i/o) is the tenth studio album[a] by English singer-songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel, released on 1 December 2023 through Real World Records.[2][3][4] It is Gabriel's first album of new original material since Up (2002), marking the longest gap between studio albums in his career. I/O features 12 tracks, each with two different mixes labeled the "Bright-Side Mix" and "Dark-Side Mix". It is also Gabriel's longest studio album of original material, with the mixes clocking in at over 68 minutes each and the total project lasting over two hours. An additional "In-Side Mix" of the album (in surround sound/Dolby Atmos) appears on versions which include the Blu-ray audio disc.

I/O had been in the works for nearly three decades (27 years and eight months), with its initial production dating back to April 1995, at around the same time Gabriel began recording Up.[2][5][6] He began planning the follow-up to Up as early as 2000 and had originally intended to release it in 2004, but the album was repeatedly delayed, reworked and re-recorded at seven recording studios (and one arena during soundchecks while on tour with Sting in 2016) before its completion in December 2022.[2] This was due to Gabriel focusing on other projects such as his two orchestral albums Scratch My Back (2010) and New Blood (2011), which contained covers of songs by other artists and rearrangements of his older material, respectively.[2]

Beginning in January 2023, Gabriel released a new single every full moon, with its alternative mix released on the following new moon, culminating in the album's release at the end of the year; this replicates the 2010 double-sided single releases in promotion of And I'll Scratch Yours (2013). He has stated that he will release more songs in this format following the album's release. I/O received positive reviews from music critics, with praise being particularly directed towards Gabriel's vocals and songwriting. The album was also Gabriel's first to top the UK Albums Chart since So in 1986.[7]

  1. ^ Power, Ed (1 December 2023). "Peter Gabriel, io review: Not quite worth the decades-long wait". I. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Genesis News Com [it]: Peter Gabriel - The Making Of I/O". Genesis-news.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ Chelosky, Danielle (14 October 2023). "Peter Gabriel's New Album I/O Is Out in December, 10 of Its 12 Tracks Already Streaming". Stereogum. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Peter Gabriel Details i/o, His First New Album in 21 Years". consequence.com. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Genesis News Com [it]: Peter Gabriel - The Making Of UP". Genesis-news.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Peter Gabriel teams up with Skrillex for new electronic track 'This Is Home' - listen". smoothradio.com. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. ^ Sinclair, Paul (9 December 2023). "Saturday Deluxe / 9 December 2023". SuperDeluxeEdition. Retrieved 9 December 2023.


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